It seemed like a good idea, I'm sure, at the advertising agency that talked Jet.com into using video of people's heads exploding when they realize how wonderful Jet.com is. Blowing their minds.
Blowing up people, top of skull or any other body part, isn't entertaining, what with Boston, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Israel and a dozen other places.
Another company recently used the same thing—blowing off tops of heads—for a product I have forgotten. The blowing up, I remember.
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New season of "What History Forgot" has started on American Heroes Channel. Patriotically stupid name. Calling it AHC doesn't help.
I am grateful beyond words to the people who convinced history buff/teacher Joe Moniaci to tone down the hand gestures. They were so fake, I lost track of what he was saying, waiting for another hand-chop, or something else out of his limited repertoire.
Maybe he visited a theater department and got tips from the drama coach.
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The Net is awash in arguments over who is the stalking horse for whom.
Trump working for Cruz? For Clinton?
Lexicon.ft.com (Financial Times) says a stalking horse is an offer or bid designed to test the market for an asset often ahead of a formal auction. It effectively places a floor underneath a proposed asset sale.
Apple Dictionary adds that it is "a false pretext concealing someone's real intentions."
As we've been told, Trump is the best businessman ever.
Best stalking horse? Doubtful. The equine has the bit in his teeth.
Right-wingers turned their "base" into terrified fanatics. Reap what you sow, slimeballs.
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